brigade-l Monday, October 30 2000 Volume 01 : Number 116 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:58:46 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] Targeting Blacks - Abortion Industry Dear Brigade, "It is no accident that the majority of abortion clinics are located in minority neighborhoods.... From its beginning in the early decades of the Twentieth Century the eugenics movement targeted blacks for sterilization and abortion. The infamous "Negro Project" was the brainchild of Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, and was intended to reduce the number of black babies born in this country..." Brigade, if you are on any minority email lists, newsgroups, or bulletin boards, pass this on to them. Let them know that Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster LOVE Babies - ALL Babies - Born and Unborn! FTC-Linda Date sent: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:13:47 -0400 From: Population Research Institute To: linda@buchanan.org Subject: PRI Weekly Briefing: Abortion and Population Control Dear Friend and Colleague: There has been a lot in the news recently about "racial profiling." Both presidential candidates have decried its use. But there is another form of racial profiling that needs to be exposed and stopped: The targeting of minorities by the abortion industry. Rev. Hunter and LEARN intend to do just that. Steven Mosher President PRI's Weekly Briefing Vol.2 / No. 18 October 19, 2000 Abortion and Population Control By Steve Mosher On Columbus Day, nearly a thousand African-Americans converged on the Lincoln Memorial, held a lively rally, and then marched on the Supreme Court. They were protesting abortion and something more: The racial targeting of minorities by the abortion industry. This annual If You Love Babies, Say So March was organized by the Life, Education and Resource Network (LEARN), an African-America pro-life group led by the Reverend Johnny Hunter (http://www.learninc.org). The Say So March included such notable leaders as Star Parker, director of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education, Rev. Clenard Childress of Newark, Rev. Ceasar LeFlore from Chicago and Levon Yuille, President of the National Black Pro-life Leadership Congress in Michigan. The Washington Post, which has in the past given extensive coverage to much smaller demonstrations, was nowhere to be seen. Apparently the wholesale destruction of the black babies by the abortion industry is not, in the view of the Posts editors, newsworthy. The lack of media coverage did not discourage Rev. Hunter, who vows to continue the march in years to come. "The African-American community needs to be warned about the effect that abortion is having upon them," Rev Hunter said. "The racial targeting of minorities must stop." The Reverend Jessie Jackson began his political career by denouncing abortion as population control against blacks. He fell silent after this 1977 speech, however, and since then the black community has had no leader of national stature to speak out against abortion. Reverend Hunter has now stepped forward to warn the African-American community. The numbers tell the story. Though blacks make up only 12% of the population, they account for 34% of abortions, 2.5 times the ratio per thousand than whites[1]. According to one report, an African-American womans pregnancy is 3 times as likely to end in abortion as the pregnancy of a white woman. The result of this high abortion rate is that blacks have nearly as many abortions as live births[2]. It is no accident that the majority of abortion clinics are located in minority neighborhoods. >From its beginning in the early decades of the Twentieth Century the eugenics movement targeted blacks for sterilization and abortion. The infamous "Negro Project" was the brainchild of Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, and was intended to reduce the number of black babies born in this country. The collaboration between the American Eugenics Society and Margaret Sanger in the thirties was not limited to an effort to legalize contraception, sterilization and abortion. They had negative eugenics, the selective elimination of entire groups, in mind. We now know, based on evidence uncovered by LEARN researcher Akua Furlow, that these collaborators were specifically targeting blacks to accept and use birth control (contraception, sterilization and abortion. Margaret Sanger writes in the Pivot of Civilization that birth control should be used to stop an "...unceasingly spawning class of human beings who should never have been born at all..." (p. 187) Today Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortion in the United States, continues to peddle birth control to minorities, such as African-Americans. This, along with other government social programs such as Medicaid that pay for abortions and birth control, results in the statistics mentioned above. The truth is, you can not eliminate poverty by eliminating the poor. Death is no answer to serious social problems. As the great pro-life pioneer, Erma Clardy Craven, said in her 1972 book, Abortion, Poverty and Black Genocide, "the free application of a non-right (abortion) for those whose real need is equal human rights and opportunities is benumbing the social conscience of America into unquestioningly accepting the 'smoke screen' of abortion. The quality of life for the poor, the Black and the oppressed will not be served by destroying their children." Or, as Rev. Hunter thunders, "If you love babies, say so." - ----- Copyright 2000 by PRI. PRI News Syndicate. Permission to reprint granted. Redistribute widely. Credit requested. - --------- The Population Research Institute is committed to ending human rights abuses committed in the name of "family planning," and to ending counter-productive social and economic paradigms premised on the myth of "overpopulation." PRI P.O. Box 1559 Front Royal, Virginia USA 22630 Phone: (540) 622-5240 Fax: (540) 622-2728 E-mail: pri@pop.org http://www.pop.org Media Contact: Vince Criste (540) 622-5240 Ext. 206 - ---------- [1] Abortion Surveillance 1995, (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report July 3, 1998 /Vol. 47/ No. SS-2 page 36 and table 9 [2] US Census Bureau, National Vital Statistics Report Vol. 47 #29, October 15, 1999 - ---------- end -------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:11:52 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] Pro-Life Voter Guide from Wisconsin Dear Brigade, What's the bottom line? [G]utless [W]onder Bush scores with Harry Brown. They are NOT pro-life! FTC-Linda - --------- Date sent: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 09:43:47 -0700 From: Patricia Owens Subject: Federal Candidates and Preborn Babies: A Voter's Guide] FYI .. The following is a press release from Pro-Life Wisconsin. It clearly states the differences between the candidates when it come to PreBorn Babies, however there is no endorsement on any candidates. Subject: Federal Candidates and Preborn Babies: A Voter's Guide Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:10:05 EDT From: Prolifewis@aol.com Federal Candidates and Preborn Babies A Guide for the Pro-Life Voter The following voter's guide is based on completed candidate surveys, voting records, and/or documented public statements by the candidates for president, U.S. Senate and U.S. Congress. This voter's guide does not constitute an endorsement of any candidate. The Pro-Life Wisconsin Victory Fund PAC can only offer official endorsements to candidates seeking state office. This voter's guide is intended to help pro-life voters cast a well-informed ballot on Tuesday, November 7. To find out what state candidates have been endorsed by the PLW Victory Fund PAC, please visit the PLW web site at www.prolifewisconsin.org. To find out what legislative district you live in, follow the links on the endorsements page and enter your address. Definitions: 1 - Pro-Life: Supports a constitutional amendment to protect all preborn babies or will vote to re-establish legal protection for innocent human life, beginning at fertilization, by banning direct, intentional abortion in all cases. If running for president, he has pledged to nominate only pro-life justices to the Supreme Court. 2 - Supports restrictions on abortion: Opposes most abortions, but supports keeping abortion legal in various circumstances and will not support a constitutional amendment to restore legal protection for all preborn babies. If running for president, he has not pledged to nominate only pro- life justices to the Supreme Court. 3 - Pro-Abortion: Opposes any legal protection and/or legal recognition for preborn babies. President - Al Gore (D) 3 George W. Bush (R) 2 Pat Buchanan (Ref) 1 Howard Phillips (C) 1 Ralph Nader (G) 3 John Haeglin (NL) 3 Harry Browne (L) 2 U.S. Senate - John Gillespie (R) 1 Herb Kohl (D) 3 Congressional District 1 - Southeastern Wisconsin Paul Ryan (R) 1 Jeff Thomas (D) Unknown Congressional District 2 - Madison area and South Central Wisconsin John Sharpless (R) 3 Tammy Baldwin (D) 3 Congressional District 3 - Southwestern Wisconsin Susan Tully (R) 2 Ron Kind (D) 3 Congressional District 4 - Milwaukee suburbs (south and east) Tim Riener (R) 1 Gerald Kleczka (D) 3 Congressional District 5 - Milwaukee Jonathon Smith (R) Unknown Tom Barrett (D) 3 Congressional District 6 - Fox Valley area and Central Wisconsin Tom Petri (R) 1 Dan Flaherty (D) Unknown Congressional District 7 - Northern Wisconsin Sean Cronin (R) 1 David Obey (D) 3 Congressional District 8 - Green Bay area Mark Green (R) 1 Dean Reich (D) Unknown Congressional District 9 - Milwaukee suburbs (north) James Sensenbrenner (R) 1 Mike Clawson (D) Unknown (C) - Constitution Party (R) - Republican Party (Ref) - Reform Pary (D) - Democratic Party (G) - Green Party (NL) - Natural Law (L) - Libertarian - -------- end ---------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:33:11 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] Treason of Gore Family Benefactor: American Voters Should Be Shocked Dear Brigade, Most of us know about this scandal, but it's nice to have it finally show up in the mainstream press. Hmm... Now where are those articles I had on the Bush family.... FTC-Linda - ----------- From: "daltonc" Subject: American Voters should be shocked! Date sent: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:57:13 -0500 October 25, 2000 - Atlanta Journal Constitution American Voters Should Be Shocked by Treason of Gore Family Benefactor by Mona Charen IT IS HARD to conceive that a figure of such international stature as Armand Hammer, who died in 1990, could have been as contemptible a swindler as he apparently was, but such is the inescapable conclusion of "Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer" by Edward Jay Epstein. A secret agent of the Soviet Union since 1921, Hammer managed to make and lose several fortunes during his long life, along the way skirting investigations of money laundering, fraud, conspiracy, espionage, bribery and countless other crimes by the FBI, the Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other government agencies. The tale of his serial betrayals (of his family, his religion, his country), endless self-aggrandizement, and success at courting the rich and famous makes fascinating reading, but there is a contemporary hook: Armand Hammer loomed very large in the lives of one of America's prominent political families, the Gores. Hammer was born in 1898, the son of Dr. Julius Hammer, a committed communist. Julius named his first son Armand for the communist symbol of an arm holding a hammer (Armand would later purchase the baking soda company because of the coincidence of names). While Julius served time in prison for an abortion that led to a woman's death, Armand (who had actually done the abortion) traveled to Moscow in his stead and met with Lenin in 1921. Impressed with his American fan, Lenin gave "Comrade Hammer" a concession to mine asbestos in the Ural Mountains, and also assigned him the sensitive task of distributing (and laundering) money for Soviet agents around the United States. Hammer worked closely with the infamous Feliks Dzerzhinski, the first head of the KGB, known then as the Cheka. Though the asbestos mine never did prove profitable and was later closed, it did provide a window into Hammer's character. Conditions for the workers were so bad that foremen had to carry guns to protect themselves from angry workers, who were half starved. To avert a strike, Hammer called upon the Cheka, who suppressed the workers to Hammer's satisfaction. Later, when railroad workers delayed shipments to the mine, Hammer again called upon Dzerzhinski, who had the local chief administrator shot "as a lesson." Hammer was delighted by this, and pointed out many times in later years that the trains ran more efficiently afterward. To pursue his work on behalf of the Soviet Union, Hammer set up a number of shell corporations, a pattern that would persist throughout a lifetime. To provide hard currency for the Soviets, he styled himself an art dealer in New York, supposedly selling the "Romanoff Treasure." In fact, much of it was bric-a-brac and junk carrying phony identification supplied by the Soviets. Despite a lavish personal lifestyle, Hammer never did make any real money (he was near bankruptcy throughout the 1920s and '30s), until he received another government concession, this time from the United States government, to produce alcohol during the Second World War. Hammer was not actually a very good businessman (though he created a myth in the press that he was a billionaire). But he was utterly unscrupulous and very adept at stroking the powerful. When, through the liquor concession, a wife's fortune and other machinations, he was able to achieve great wealth, he immediately used it to purchase political influence. In 1950, he made Congressman Albert Gore Sr. of Tennessee a partner in his cattle-breeding business, which brought Gore a substantial profit. When J. Edgar Hoover considered moving against Hammer for his provable treason, he stayed his hand at least in part because Hammer had friends in high places like Gore. When he became a senator, the elder Gore remained a Hammer ally, and he was rewarded when he lost his bid for re-election. Hammer hired Gore Sr. as an executive of Occidental Petroleum's coal division, at a salary of $500,000 per year. Albert Gore Jr., who claims to be for the people and against the "powerful," controls between $500,000 and $1,000,000 worth of Occidental stock. In keeping with a tradition begun by his father, Al Gore Jr. invited Hammer to witness the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as his guest. It is not a crime to hold Occidental stock, nor to be wealthy. But it should send a shiver down the spine of voters to consider that the Gore family's comfort is owed to a treasonous scoundrel. - ------ end -------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 20:49:10 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] !! Duncan Hunter's Vile Crime Dear Brigade, The GOP has come out against Duncan Hunter - R-San Diego - and instead have thrown their support to the Democrat challenger this election. Craig Barkacs is a flaming pro-abort liberal, so why on earth would the Republican Party support him? What was Hunter's crime? Was he a low-down pro- abort? A dirty gun-grabber? A tax-and-spend liberal? Hell No! In the eyes of the GOP, Hunter has committed the most vile of crimes -- he fought against the treasonous sovereignty-stealing trade deals including NAFTA, WTO, and MFN. Note that Duncan Hunter did vote with the globalist establishment on some key issues including the "war" against the Serbian people, but it wasn't enough. In the end it does not matter how you vote on any issue, but you better vote "yea" on all the New World Order trade deals - or suffer the consequences. Brigade, this is exactly what happened to our Pat. Years ago, these same people that attack him today were his close friends. They cheered everything he said and did, they called him their conservative standard bearer. When Pat came out against NAFTA the friendship turned ugly. Suddenly, the same people who for years invited him to their dinner parties began making false accusations against him. They lied about his character, and ignited a massive smear campaign in the media. Pat's crime? He fights for the restoration of American Sovereignty. See article below, Pat is mentioned. FTC-Linda - --------- From: info@brandenburghistorica.com Date sent: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 12:43:40 -0400 Organization: Brandenburg Historica To: linda@buchanan.org Subject: Re: SUPPORT REP. HUNTER IN SAN DIEGO! Linda, You have to read this! The GOP is supporting the Democratic challenger in this election! - ----------- JAMES O. GOLDSBOROUGH / THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE Why it is finally time for Duncan Hunter to go October 26, 2000 Rep. Duncan Hunter, the 10-term, right-wing Republican from East County who opposes free trade, China, NAFTA, Mexico, public broadcasting, airports, railroads and practically anything else that serves the San Diego economy, has a race on his hands this time in the 52nd District. Republicans are abandoning Hunter to support Democrat Craig Barkacs, a business professor at the University of San Diego who has put together a bipartisan group that objects to Hunter's anti-business stance. The perception is that Hunter is hurting San Diego. "I've been a staunch Republican all my life," says Malin Burnham, chairman of the Burnham Companies. "After 20 years in office Duncan Hunter is out of touch with the people he is supposed to represent. As is often the case with career politicians who become complacent, Duncan loves to talk but refuses to listen." Burnham has joined with some 100 prominent business and community leaders, including Irwin Jacobs, Sol Price, Mel Katz and Dave Nuffer in bipartisan support for Barkacs. "When Hunter was first elected two decades ago," says Republican Katz, co-owner of Manpower, Inc., "San Diego was defense oriented. Today we are a leader in high tech, biotech and telecommunications." "It's time for Duncan to go," says Burnham. Hunter, whose district stretches from the San Diego suburbs east into Imperial County, opposes free trade. In 1993, he led a handful of isolationist Republicans to oppose NAFTA, which passed thanks to bipartisan leadership and helped spur California's economy to its best decade in history. Hunter also opposed U.S. membership in the World Trade Organization (which includes every nation but a handful of retrograde ones like Libya, Afghanistan, North Korea and Syria), opposed aid to Mexico after the peso devaluation of 1994 and opposed China's entry into the WTO. The Almanac of American Politics, the bible of political information, says of Hunter: "In many ways he is the House member who comes closest in substantive views to Patrick Buchanan." San Diego's business leaders don't think a Buchanan Republican (xenophobe Buchanan gets 1 percent of the vote in national polls) is a good fit for California's second city, and one of the nation's most dynamic. Barkacs, who has an MBA and law degree from USD and is a tenured professor of business, is the first serious opponent Hunter has had lately. With his ties to the defense industry, Hunter has had no trouble scaring off challengers and depriving the 52nd District of a choice. Two years ago, Hunter had no opponent. Four years ago, he outspent his Democratic challenger by $632,305 to $40,178. The charge levelled against Hunter by Republicans like Burnham, Nuffer and Katz is not just that he is out of step with today's San Diego, but that his ruthless partisanship hurts both city and state. "Barkacs," says Katz, "is a perfect example of someone who wants to break down partisanship. Just think what could happen if our California delegation started working together. Just think what we could get done." This is an allusion to one of Hunter's worst votes, for Republican leaders in 1992, when the GOP was in the minority. Bob Michel was the minority leader and Newt Gingrich the minority whip. The vote for the No. 3 spot was between conservative Dick Armey of Texas and moderate Jerry Lewis of Riverside. Lewis lost 88-84. Two years later, Armey became majority leader when Republicans won the House and Michel resigned. Had Hunter and fellow right wingers Bob Dornan (since defeated) and Dana Rohrabacher of Orange County put this state's people ahead of their own narrow ideology, California would have had its first majority leader -- and likely speaker once Gingrich was thrown out. Said Lewis after the vote: "In a time of important decisions relating to the economic and political future of our states, Texans stick together and Californians do not. Texas' solid backing for [Armey] and a divided California delegation was the difference in this race." Hunter, a Gingrich loyalist in 1992, hoped to be elevated to the leadership -- at least to a committee chairmanship -- after 1994. Instead, he was pushed out of the leadership as too extreme even for Gingrich. Despite his 20 years of seniority, Hunter has never chaired a committee. Hunter's visceral opposition to Mexico and Mexicans has made him a leader in the effort to wall Mexico off at the border, and puts him at loggerheads with San Diego's business leaders. Says Burnham: "One of the most important challenges and opportunities we face is working with our friends in Mexico." Hunter's current energies are spent trying to block the East- West railroad project, with which San Diego is trying to revitalize its port by linking it to the east. It would be an upset for Barkacs to win. He's new to the district and lacks the fund-raising ties of Hunter. But a Barkacs win would be good both for the district and the region. "Twenty years ago no one thought Hunter could win in that district," says Manpower's Katz. "You never know." Goldsborough can be reached via e-mail at jim.goldsborough@uniontrib.com. http://www.uniontrib.com/news/uniontrib/ thu/opinion/news_1e26golds.html - ------- end ------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 21:13:09 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] PJB: Criss-Crossing the Fruited Plain! Dear Brigade, This is the schedule for the final week of our campaign. You will note that the details of most events are not finalized. Call your Chairmen in the following states for more info. You can find a list of phone numbers and email address on the campaign website at: http://www.buchananreform.org As I get more details on these events I'll send them to our Brigade list and they will also be posted on our campaign website. FTC-Linda From:"Brian Doherty" Subject: Final week of campaign schedule Date sent: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 17:49:43 -0400 For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 26, 2000 Contact: Brian Doherty/Rick Mangus (703) 734-2700 PAT BUCHANAN CRISS-CROSSES THE FRUITED PLAIN ***Monday, October 30, 2000*** Early am PT Pat Buchanan holds a press conference in Phoenix, AZ. Hyatt Regency, Phoenix, AZ. 2:30pm MT Pat Buchanan in Salt Lake City, Utah. ***Tuesday, October 31, 2000*** Early am MT Pat Buchanan in Denver, Colorado 3:00pm CT Pat Buchanan in Chicago, Illinois ***Wednesday, November 1, 2000*** Early am CT Pat Buchanan in Little Rock, Arkansas. 12:30pm CT Pat Buchanan in Birmingham, Alabama ***Thursday, November 2, 2000*** Early am ET Pat Buchanan in Atlanta, GA 11:30am ET Pat Buchanan in Tallahassee, Florida. Featured speaker for the South's premier political forum, The Capitol Tiger Bay Club, Leon Civic Center, 505 West Pensacola Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301. ***Friday, November 3, 2000*** Early am ET Pat Buchanan in Greensboro, NC. 10:30am ET Pat Buchanan holds a press conference in New York, New York. The Essex House, 160 Central Park South, NY, NY. 2:00pm ET Pat Buchanan in Hartford, Connecticut. 5:30pm ET Pat Buchanan in Providence, Rhode Island. ***Saturday, November 4, 2000*** Early am ET Pat Buchanan in Boston, Massachusetts. 1:00pm ET Pat Buchanan in Portland, Maine. 5:00pm ET Pat Buchanan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ***Sunday, November 5, 2000*** Early am ET Pat Buchanan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 12:00pm ET Pat Buchanan in Cleveland, Ohio. 6:00pm ET Pat Buchanan visits St. Salva's Church, 3151 West Walling Road, Broadview Heights, Ohio ***Monday, November 6, 2000*** 9:30am ET Pat Buchanan in Syracuse, New York. 2:00pm ET Pat Buchanan in Rochester, New York 5:00pm ET Pat Buchanan in Buffalo, New York. ***Tuesday, November 7, 2000*** Election Day ET Pat Buchanan hosts election night event. Crystal City Marriott Hotel, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal City, VA. For more information please contact HQ at: (703) 734-2700 - -------- end ------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 23:38:06 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] Polling's Dirty Little Secret Dear Brigade, The first email below is one I sent out in April. The second is from todays Wall Street Journal, "Gallup's Credibility Gap". Both are worth reading and forwarding. FTC-Linda - -------- Date sent: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:35:38 -0400 Subject: [BRIGADE] Polling's Dirty Little Secret Dear Brigade, see below two excellent reports on polling including this gem supplied by Jim Condit: Larry Nichols: “You lying son of a gun, you told me that your tracking polls showed 80% of the people wanted Clinton out of office – then you tell the public that 70% of the people want him to stay. Tim Russert: Well, those tracking polls are for our internal use only, we can’t release those to for public consumption. The polls we released were the ones we paid for outside pollsters to do. Those are the ones we release..." Read the following Brigade and forward to all who may still believe in the accuracy of polls. For the Cause, Linda - --------- From: "Terence McGuire" Subject: Polling's Dirty Little Secret Date sent: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 05:58:38 -0400 Organization: Prodigy Internet To All: "Polling's Dirty Little Secret" is the term writer Don Van Natta, Jr. calls it in the New York Times. He reveals that the response rate to pollsters has fallen to 20%. That means eight out of ten people either hang up or tell the caller to get lost. The greater majority of working people are either never reached or are to busy to respond . In essence, the pollsters and their liberal agenda are shaping opinion. Dr. Terry McGuire. - -------- To: networkamerica@topica.com From: "Jim Condit Jr." Subject: [NA] The Hosing of America (A Critique of Public Opinion Polls) Date sent: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 19:32:45 -0800 "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." -- Communist Tyrant Josef Stalin March 27, 2000 NA (Network America) e-wire The Hosing of America (A Critique of Public Opinion Polls) Change of pace: Today we focus on public opinion polls, which we at Network America maintain constitute one of the three “black box” tools of mind control being used on the American people (the other two being exit polls and computerized vote counts). !!! After reading below and the article on polling to follow, it will become !!! clear that The Reform Party, The Constitution Party, the Libertarian Party, the Natural Law Party, and the Green Party must challenge the premise that polls should be the determining criteria for ANYTHING, let alone the all important Presidential Debates coming up in October, 2000. The Establishment clearly wants to keep all non-Dem-Repub candidates off the stage -- so that their computer generated results will be believable in November --- which will of course show all third party candidates at less than 5%. In fact, I would say to the Reform Party and the Buchanan campaign that, if Buchanan can't be stopped from the Reform Nomination, the next phase will be to have the computers show Buchanan at less than 5% in November, thus wiping out the Reform Party as a force in the future, and (they hope) killing the spirit of the burgeoning 3rd party movements. It must be announced by these parties that they WILL NOT ABIDE by either Big TV Network poll numbers or by computer-generated counts. !!! Soon we will carry a complementary article to the below article – written during the impeachment proceedings by your editor, also about the warping of public opinion polls by the Big TV Networks during the Clinton impeachment. That e-wire will also carry shocking first hand witness from Larry Nichols, one of the state troopers who guarded Clinton as Governor of Arkansas – but is now exposing the truth about the Clinton phenomenon. Nicholas information concerns conversations with Tim Russert of NBC’s Meet the Press – and strong evidence that the Big TV network owners simply lie in a pinch – when they need to distort public opinion polls. This is the longest e-wire we’ve ever carried by about 3 times, so if you don’t have time now, put this in your “Network America” folder and read it later. It is important that this research, and the sources used in this research, be put “on the record.” Independent talk show hosts such as Bill Boshears, Jeff Rense, Geoff Metcalf, Zoh Hieronomus, and others – may want to contact Mr. Koenig for an interview. The following information is carried under the fair use provisions of the copyright laws and with the intent to make our readers aware of the work of Mr. Jack Koenig and his group, “Impact Voters of America.” The following article and more can be found on the internet at: http://www.impactnet.org/thepolls.htm The Hosing Of America: How The Media Manipulated Our Minds (An Investigative Report) Copyright © 1999 Impact Voters of America By: Jack Koenig, Chairman In association with “Impact Voters of America” Forward And Acknowledgements "The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead to apathy and indifference, the I-don’t- care reaction, or to a more intensified desire to study and to understand. Unfortunately, the first reaction is the more popular one." Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo What began as an investigation into polling practices, took a sudden turn when the media began bombarding the public with the outrageous statement "Everyone’s doing it". In meeting after meeting, conversation after conversation, people from all political persuasions were questioning the assertion "Everyone's doing it". Most claimed they weren't "doing it", and furthermore, didn't believe their neighbors were "doing it" either. The media's' continuous propagation of this mind bending atrocity would have made George Orwell proud! In The Rape of The Mind, Dr. Joost Meerloo states, "Ready made opinions can be distributed day by day through the press, radio, and so on, again and again, till they reach the nerve cell and implant a fixed pattern in the brain. Consequently, guided public opinion is the result, according to Pavlovian theoreticians, of good propaganda technique, and the polls are a verification of the temporary successful action of the Pavlovian machinations on the mind." Now, I’m not a moralist or a prude, but I have never cheated on my wife. Not once! Personally, I have more respect for myself ... and an equal amount for my wonderful wife! And I’m not even one of those so called "Right Wing Extremists” . . . But as I traveled throughout Illinois and surrounding states, others deluged me with complaints about the Clinton assertion, "Everyone’s doing it!" Of all things on the horizon, this particular phrase set emotions in play. Regardless whether I was in a coffeehouse, a library, a school, a bookstore, a Democrat's office or a Republican gathering, everyone was asking the same question "Where are they finding these people?" And I’m not a psychiatrist or psychologist. But after dealing with human nature throughout my career as a Management Consultant, it became a necessity to understand and interpret what others were thinking, saying, and doing. Day in and day out I have interacted with all type of individuals, from all genders, races, creeds, religions and political persuasions. But in this situation in which the media constantly trivialized Clinton's sexcapades, it didn't take a brain surgeon to realize something was "rotten in Denmark". The big question was Why? Why was the media creating such a distrustful atmosphere between committed partners? Between my own moral beliefs and those of the thousands challenging the assertion, I was spurred on to investigate what I believed to be an insidious White House lie amplified and propagated by the media. At this point, the polling investigation lost its priority and the media took center stage. What I uncovered is nothing short of astonishing. The investigation spanned 13 months of intensive research and included several interviews with the Managing Editor of the Gallup organization; interviews with a former pollster from a competing company; reviewing hundreds of articles from various newspapers and on the Internet, and researching approximately 30 books on polling, statistics, psychology, and brainwashing. And after all the above was done, I spent hundreds of hours analyzing the information and tying it together. The bottom line is this interesting and fascinating report. Acknowledgements Many thanks to the countless librarians who assisted in gathering information for this report. Like most other Americans, they were confused and distraught by the statement "Everyone's doing it". As a result they put in 135% effort in proving the Locksteppers wrong. A special thanks to the super group of proof-readers who corrected grammatical errors, and when warranted, suggested improvements. They are (in alphabetical order by last name): Karen Boettcher Ann Koenig Jake and Terri Olbrich Bob and Diane Wheat Summary "Such is the Pavlovian device: repeat mechanically your assumptions and suggestions, diminish the opportunity of communicating dissent and opposition. This is the simple formula for political conditioning of the masses." Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo The good news is that a study coming out of the University of Chicago refutes Clinton’s claim of "Everyone’s doing it" and exposes it for what it is just another outrageous lie. According to the 1994 University of Chicago study, over 75% of married men in their 50's had never cheated on their wives while the same held true for 85-90% of men under 50. In addition, recent surveys reveal the 18-24 year old crowd has embraced "old fashioned" values similar to their grandparents ... and even great-grandparents! Although the Administration used the "Everyone’s doing it" lie to shift focus away from claims of perjury to that of a marital infidelity, its truth was never challenged by a blatantly White House friendly media. Instead, they paraded Clinton Locksteppers across our television screens repeating the "Everyone’s doing it" assertion in a brazen attempt to confuse and manipulate the minds of Americans. According to several books on the subject, especially those by mind control specialist Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo, confusing a targeted audience is one of the necessary ingredients for effective mind control. The bad news is the same lies left a negative impact on America’s morale. Those supporting the infidelity concept "came out of the closet" celebrating the news "Everyone’s doing it." The 75%-90% (depending on age group) of men who weren't "doing it" were mystified and felt isolated. At the same time, countless women across America were disillusioned with the prospect their partners-in-life were part of the "Everyone’s doing it" crowd. Demoralization of the target audience is yet another step in successful mind control. Evidence suggests the success in manipulating America’s minds with the "Everyone’s doing it" lie would have made World War II Nazis green with envy. In his book The Rape of The Mind, Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo discusses how saturation coverage of a given lie can lead the unsuspecting public into believing it as truth. In describing World War II Nazis, Dr. Meerloo states "The big lie and monotonously repeated nonsense have more emotional appeal in a cold war than logic and reason." And by any measurement, the oft repeated Clinton lie of "Everyone’s doing it" numbed our senses to the point most of us accepted at least part of the assertion without question. Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is still another factor in utilizing mind control techniques. As Starr’s failed attempt to convict Clinton went down in flames, unintended consequences began to emerge. In addition to the tear in America’s moral fabric and the lowering of the public’s morale, the women’s movement was set back a decade or more, what little respect was left for both major political parties was shattered, and the execution date for a failed media was accelerated. The Clinton-Starr Odysseys further parceled America by pitting families, friends, neighbors and relatives against each other: Blacks were pitted against Black, White against White, Black against White, Hispanic against everyone, and male against female. Never in recent history has America seen such divisions as that produced by Clinton and Starr, individually and collectively. Dividing the public is very important for successful mind control. This report does not go into Starr’s inability (some say unwillingness) to focus on the more serious issues involving Clinton’s alleged abuse of power, nor does it address the huge cost of the investigation, which almost equals the $40+ million spent by Walsh during the Iran-Contra investigation. Instead, it targets the role played by the pollsters, the media, and the Locksteppers in their quest to manipulate the minds of America. And as far as Starr is concerned, his erratic behavior and poor communication skills provided ammunition for his demonization process. In Starr’s unfortunate quest to salvage his reputation by attempting to convict Clinton in the same manner the "Feds" used to convict Capone, Starr lost any remaining credibility and destroyed countless reputations in the process . . . including his own. This report suggests the media’s role included consciously deceiving and dividing America. Their techniques included saturation coverage to numb the senses; use of the Opinion Triangle to build on a lie and convince the public to accept it as fact; use of the Bandwagon Effect to convince others to join in acceptance of the falsehood, and employment of the Herd Mentality syndrome to promote unanimity in the falsehood. This investigation also discovered that the cooperation rate is only 25% for overnight polls and only 40-45% for 4-5 day polls. These low numbers challenge the very validity of such polls. In addition, the report provides evidence showing how polling organizations have manipulated polls in the past and how they did it this time around. And finally, the report provides some conclusions which seem to go against current thoughts on the strength and resiliency of America. In spite of the controversial nature surrounding the Clinton-Starr fiasco, every attempt was made to present the findings in a balanced, non-partisan manner. The Report Itself "Political demagoguery is, to some extent, a problem in our country. The particular form this demagoguery takes is only a passing phase, and when our current dragons and inner phantoms have been laid to rest, the eternal demagogue will arise anew. He will accuse others of conspiracy in order to prove his own importance. He will try to intimidate those who are neither so iron-fisted nor so hotheaded as he, and temporarily he will drag some people into the web of his delusions. Perhaps he will even wear a mantle of martyrdom to arouse the tears of the weak-hearted. With his emotionalism and suspicion, he will shatter the trust of citizens in one another." Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo America just went through a mind wrenching experience which pitted neighbor against neighbor, race against race, and gender against gender. And in spite of this obnoxious experience, in spite of Clinton’s acknowledged sexual liaison with an employee half his age, and in spite of his lies, deceptions, and stonewalling, his Job Approval numbers remain sky high. The big question is: "Why?" Is it really "The Economy Stupid?" Or is it something else? Do morals mean anything anymore? Or is it true, as Clinton’s Locksteppers assert, that "Everyone’s doing it" when it comes to marital infidelities? Has America really gone to "hell in a handbasket" as the "Moral Majority" has suggested? Many claim Clinton has a "magnetic personality", and indeed, former House Speaker Gingrich claimed he was mesmerized by it. Does that explain why Clinton's "numbers" remain so high in spite of his repeated "follies"? Not according to information published by Ms. Denise Winn in her book “The Manipulated Mind.” In that book, Ms. Winn documents a study by noted psychologist Solomon Asch in which he found that nearly 75% of all individuals will always rally around the same conclusion. These results were repeated over, and over, and over again. Some argue this is a coincidence. But is it . . . especially when the public was manipulated into believing they would be out-of-step to think otherwise? Information uncovered during the course of this study suggests Americans were conditioned to think in a prescribed manner through the use of techniques such as the Opinion Triangle, the Bandwagon Effect, and the Herd Mentality syndrome. The Opinion Triangle involves suggesting a given premise and then using the media to spread the message. An opinion poll is then taken to measure the statement's impact, and if positive, a new press release is issued re-affirming the original premise. Investor’s Business Daily had a good example of the Opinion Triangle creating a self fulfilling prophecy: "Candidate A will lose the election because he’s trailing badly in the polls - and he’s trailing badly in the polls because the media keep reporting that he’s going to lose the election." The Bandwagon Effect refers to the public's tendency to "say what you want them to say", especially after suggesting they would be in the minority to do otherwise. As mentioned previously, “The Manipulated Mind” documents a series of interesting studies showing that nearly three quarters, 75% of all subjects, showed a tendency to conform to the views expressed by others in a given situation. The Herd Mentality syndrome refers to a human trait in which we try to stick together for mutual protection. After 13 months of investigations, which included interviewing the Managing Editor of the Gallup Organization as well as former pollsters from competing organizations, reading countless articles and books on psychology, mind control, polling procedures, and advertising, and spending hundreds of hours analyzing data, more than enough information was uncovered to suggest the Clinton White House, along with a more than compromised media, used the above three psychological techniques to manipulate our minds. Over the years, Americans have come to view the media with a jaundiced eye because of their half truths, outright lies, and deceitful practices. And although the media claims they don’t influence public opinion, then why do they take advertising dollars under the pretense advertising will generate or improve sales? This paradox cannot be explained away! In spite of protestations to the contrary, the media will use every trick in the book to manipulate an unsuspecting public. This comes as no surprise to those who remember the 1950's when the media used subliminal advertising to stimulate sales. This brazen attempt at thought control went unannounced, and by many reports, was very successful. Unfortunately for the media, an alert individual discovered the mental manipulations and "blew the whistle". But that all seems to be child’s play compared to what the media just put us through! All indications suggest the media was highly successful in the mass manipulation of America’s psyche during the recent Clinton-Starr Odysseys. In “Rape Of The Mind”, mind control specialist Dr. Joost A. M. Meerloo discusses various ingredients for successful mind control. These include: gaining rapport with the masses (a hallmark of the Clinton mysticism) isolation of the enemy (labeling dissenters as part of the "vast right wing conspiracy") being unpredictable (constantly shifting on positions, etc.) creating and maintaining confusion (firing missiles at alleged enemies) repetition of the lie while withholding the truth ("I did not have sexual relations with that woman") rewarding acceptance and penalizing opposition (use of the media to pummel adversaries such as Paula Jones while rewarding Susan McDougal) ostracizing those who won’t go along (the male ego prevented most men from contesting the claim "everyone was doing it" when referring to marital infidelities, and those that did were ridiculed), creating boredom (saturation coverage of the Lewinski affair numbed the senses of Americans over the brink of boredom), damage the opponents morale (Everyone’s doing it", etc.), diminishing the opportunity for dissent (with the exception of one cable show, Chris Matthew’s "Hardball" on CNBC, the major media all but trivialized opposition opinion), remain focused on the sameness (constant repetition of the same mantra by the Clinton Locksteppers - "He must get back to the people’s business, etc.") minimizing social discourse (creating an atmosphere in which one felt they would be left on the "outside" if they leveled criticism at Clinton). In the latter part of the 19th century, Nobel Prize winner Ivan Pavlov conducted his famous experiments with a bell and a dog. As Dr. Joost Meerloo points out in “The Rape Of The Mind,” "... Pavlov’s findings were that some animals learned more quickly if rewarded (by affection, by food, by stroking) each time they showed the right response, while others learned more quickly when the penalty for not learning was a painful stimulus." It is the author’s opinion that this is exactly what the media did to those who supported Clinton and to those who opposed him. Dobrogaev, one of Russia’s leading psychologists, stated: "Speech manipulation represents conditioned-reflex functions of the human brain." In a simpler way, Dr. Meerloo interprets this to say: "He who dictates and formulates the words and phrases we use, he who is master of the press and radio, is master of the mind." Meerloo continues: "Repeat mechanically your assumptions and suggestions, diminish the opportunity for communicating dissent and opposition. This is the formula for political conditioning of the masses." And in reviewing the media’s handling of the Clinton-Starr fiasco, either consciously or unconsciously they used their "Bully Pulpit" and other psychological ploys to downplay the Starr investigation and deceive America. For one to argue the media was unaware of what they were doing would be a stretch of the imagination! The media claims they always delay a story in order to check out the facts. They cite the Juanita Broaderick allegation that she was brutally raped by Clinton as an example. However, if one is to accept that assertion as truth, why didn’t they check out the story "Everyone’s doing it"? Instead, the media chose to keep the truth about "Everyone’s doing it" from the public as they relentlessly promoted the deception. The truth of course, was to the contrary! According to carefully conducted studies by the University of Chicago in 1994, over 75% of married men in their 50's had never cheated on their wives while the same held true for 85-90% of men under 50. And as far as Presidential infidelity is concerned, only three sitting Presidents were definitely known to have cheated on their wives: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jack Kennedy, and Bill Clinton. The public’s reaction to the "Everyone’s doing it" lie seems to offer proof positive that both the Clinton Administration and an accommodating media worked in cahoots to employ not only the Opinion Triangle and the Bandwagon Effect in their quest to deceive the public. Once the public became "somewhat" convinced the lie was a fact, the Locksteppers used the Herd Mentality syndrome to create an atmosphere in which the public believed it was to their advantage to "stick" together. George Bush, either consciously or unconsciously, used the Opinion Triangle to create support for his actions in the "original" Gulf War. In describing an alleged nightmare in which a Kuwaiti woman was repeatedly gang raped by the aggressors, Bush was able to create a public outcry for action. Although it was later shown to be a complete fabrication, the media saturated the air waves with the lie until further public opinion polls showed growing support for the defense of Kuwait and a repelling of the Iraqi invasion. In addition to the media and the Locksteppers, polling organizations and individual pollsters played an important role in "The Hosing of America". This should come as no surprise since several polling organizations already have a checkered past. It must be remembered that even if a polling organization has strict procedures in place to minimize manipulation, knowledgeable individuals can always circumvent the rules. The old axiom, "Figures Lie and Liars Figure" is something to remember when viewing polling results. In Thomas E. Mahl’s book, “Desperate Deception”, a situation is described in which World War II British agents successfully manufactured public opinion polls to help generate enthusiasm for an American peacetime draft. In unmasking this fraud, Mr. Mahl showed how these manufactured surveys, conducted by the Gallup Organization and others, were all done under the influence of dedicated interventionists and British Intelligence agents. Although one might argue this was "the patriotic thing to do" in that time frame, it raises the question of polling integrity itself. And if an organization or individual has a history of compromise, why would anyone think they wouldn’t repeat it? And repeat it they did! At least two, and possibly three serious breaches of polling integrity have come to light so far in the Zippergate fiasco. In the first situation, a leading pollster has admitted to manufacturing poll results to achieve a desired result. On the August 19, 1998, CNN Moneyline show with Lou Dobbs, CNN Polling Director Keating Holland discussed how he manipulated Clinton’s numbers upward to meet their expectations after plummeting from the Lewinsky affair. Holland’s justification for this breach of polling integrity was that the question had been worded wrong and if different wording had been used, Clinton’s numbers would have been higher! In the second situation and on the same Moneyline show, USA Today Polling Editor Jim Norman acknowledged revising questions to achieve "better" results. Norman defended his actions by stating "you try like the devil to get it right but every once in awhile you find out there’s a better way to ask questions." The above two examples bring the "Wording" game to the front burner. According to pollster Scott Rasmussen from Rasmussen Research (www.portraitofamerica.com), "There are three parts to any good survey: design, interviewing, and analysis. For some reason, people who dislike polls often get concerned about the middle part which involves sample selection, response rates, etc. Ironically, this is the least problematic aspect of polling. Those who are concerned about polling should focus their attention on question wording and, especially, analysis. If a polling firm or a media outlet won't let you see the question wording, you shouldn't trust the poll." In David Moore’s 1995 book, The Superpollsters, pollster Louis Harris was quoted as writing in an internal memo: "when designing a study, the analyst must know what he or she is after. The real world is biased, and you must present questions that way." In “Can You Trust Opinion Polls”, author Claude R. Marx comments "Harris said he makes sure there are an equal number of biased questions on both sides of an issue to ensure a balanced result." "But", Marx concluded, "there are sometimes different degrees of bias in the questions", indicating of course, that you can easily make one side more biased than the other. And as Herbert Asher describes in “Polling And The Public”, "because the investigator has tremendous leeway in deciding how to frame questions about a particular subject, it is important to recognize that two ostensibly similar questions generated highly divergent results." Both CNN’s Keating Holland and USA Today’s Jim Norman seem to have proven those remarks! But all this should come as no surprise if history repeats itself. Going back a few years, other serious challenges to polling integrity have been unearthed. Consider the 1992 election cycle. In that campaign, an initial CNN poll showed Perot ahead by a sizable margin. Suddenly, and before Perot went schmuckypuck on everyone, his lead plummeted to the low teens and then into the single digits. Later investigation suggested this "drop" was the result of a change in the manner CNN selected its sample. Instead of continuing to use all eligible voters (all adults) in their sample, ground rules were changed to include only registered voters. This effectively eliminated a large portion of the population . . . the disenchanted who may have very well have registered and voted for Perot. In “A Journalist’s Guide to Public Opinion Polls”, another 1992 situation is described in which additional changes in eligibility procedures dramatically altered the polls. In this example, the authors document how CNN’s change from "eligible voter" to "most likely voter" in the latter days of the ‘92 campaign, impacted the Bush-Clinton numbers by a full six percentage points . . . overnight! Still further manipulation of public opinion occurred in 1992 when the Gallup organization altered a crucial poll by allocating the five or six percentage points representing undecided voters to Clinton. This resulted in Gallup’s final pre-election numbers as 49% Clinton, 37% Bush, and 14% Perot. Unfortunately for Gallup (and Bush), the actual percentages of 43-38-19 were closer to the unadjusted numbers. How many Bush voters stayed home because they thought it was futile to vote? We’ll never know for sure, but chances are it would have made a difference! In addition to outright hanky-panky, there are also challenges to the methods used in selecting polling samples. When one considers the cooperation rate (the number of individuals from a pool who agree to be included in a survey) is only 25% for overnight polls and 40%-45% for 4-5 day polls, one has to question the validity of the sample itself. Further problems are introduced by individual pollsters. According to Herbert Asher, author of “Polling and The Public”, leading polling organizations rely mainly on middle aged women to conduct their polls. This is done because of a better response rate accorded female pollsters. In addition, pollsters are often pared with their own race in order to minimize the "I’ll say what you want to hear" bias. However, by admitting that pollsters get the "I’ll say what you want to hear" bias at all, they must admit it can occur even when race isn’t a factor. This is especially important if previously mentioned psychological techniques such as the Opinion Triangle, the Bandwagon Effect and the Herd Mentality syndrome have been put into play. Many interviewed for this study argued the Clinton Juggernaut became masters of these deceptions in the ‘92 elections, honed them to perfection in the ‘96 elections, and raised them to a fine art during the recent damage control efforts. Evidence seems to support those conclusions. The Clinton Administration was quick to learn from past mistakes with remarkable speed. After the Health Care Task Force went down in flames, it appears the Clinton Team began seeking better methods of manipulating public opinion in their efforts of building support for their agenda. Indications are that they focused on mind control techniques to achieve their objectives. And if the reader has a problem accepting this premise, they should bear in mind Dr. Joost Meerloo’s thoughts on mass mind manipulation: "The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead to apathy and indifference, the I-don’t-care reaction, or to a more intensified desire to study and to understand. Unfortunately, the first reaction is the more popular one. The flight from study and awareness is much too common in a world that throws too many confusing pictures to the individual. For the sake of our democracy, based on freedom and individualism, we have to bring ourselves back to study again and again. Otherwise, we can become easy victims of a well- planned verbal attack on our minds and our consciences." The Global Warming campaign is a case in point. By the time the Administration embarked on this crusade, they had a public relations juggernaut in place that was second to none. As if on queue, a complying media was rolled out and the mind manipulators "went-to-town"! As Gore's Shock Troops hit the speaking circuit and saturation coverage began, the intensity and speed of the campaign caught just about everyone off guard. Unfortunately for the global warming proponents, a number of alert organizations were able to quickly mobilize and counter the hysteria with solid facts to the contrary. As Dr. Meerloo points out time and time again, well publicized facts are always the bane to the mind controllers. Even if we put the polling-media controversy aside, it appears the Clinton Administration falls into a pattern best described by psychologist Edward Schills in his article Authoritarianism: Right and Left. In that article, Schills outlines features that were common to both the Nazi and Russian systems, and which seem to describe the Locksteppers with precision: In-group exclusiveness and hostility to all outside of it. Demand for total submissiveness to the "in-group" which alone can bring about good. The categorization of people according to selected characteristics and making overall judgments on the basis of these (e.g. right wing extremists, imperialist bastards, etc.) Promotion of the idea that the world is a scene of unceasing conflict (e.g. class warfare) The view that any toleration of enemies serves only to weaken the in-group in its struggle and dilutes commitment. Belief in hostile conspiratorial forces whose aim is to destroy the in-group. Belief in a wholly harmonious society which can only be created by the in-group Schills also indicates these types of power structures tend to implode. Is that what we’re starting to witness right now? Clinton's Waterloo seems to be the way he lied to his wife, his most loyal supporters, and to the public. But at the same time, these deceitful actions turned a small, but fanatical group of loyalists into Locksteppers at the expense of their individual integrity. Or were these Locksteppers always that way? Author's Conclusions The Hosing of America has presented a growing body of evidence suggesting the Clinton White House, together with the Clinton Locksteppers, certain pollsters, and a compromised media engaged in mind manipulation activities which made the 1950's subliminal advertising attempts look like child’s play. Similar to modern day religious cultists, the Clinton Locksteppers seem to fall into a pattern described by Edward Schils in an article called "Authoritarianism: Right and Left”. In that article, Schills outlines features that were common to both the Nazi and Russian systems, and which seem to describe the Locksteppers with precision: *In-group exclusiveness and hostility to all outsiders *Demand for total submissiveness to the "in-group" which alone can bring about good. *The categorization of people according to selected characteristics and making overall judgements on the basis of these (e.g. right wing extremists, imperialist bastards, etc.) *Promotion of the idea that the world is a scene of unceasing conflict (e.g. class warfare) *The view that any toleration of enemies serves only to weaken the in-group in its struggle and dilutes commitment. *Belief in hostile conspiratorial forces whose aim is to destroy the in-group. *Belief in a wholly harmonious society which can only be created by the in-group. If polls are to be judged correct, an assertion this reports challenges, 76% of all Americans believe Clinton is doing a good job. This beguiling figure of 76% seems to pop up time and time again, regardless of what happens. As discussed in Denise Winn’s “The Manipulated Mind”, there appears to be a simple answer for this reoccurring number. Ms. Winn discusses a celebrated study on social conformity conducted by noted psychologist Solomon Asch. In that study, Asch found that nearly three quarters - 75% - of his subjects showed a tendency to conform to the views expressed by others in a given situation. This occurred time after time after time! Considering the Clinton mind manipulators used techniques such as the Opinion Triangle, the Bandwagon Effect, and the Herd Mentality syndrome extensively to promote their deceptions, it’s no wonder the 76% figure has remained constant! Although we leave it to the reader to arrive at their own conclusions, it is believed they will come away with enough information to question the integrity of the media, the polling organizations, and certain pollsters. It is also believed the reader will now have an understanding on how the media uses half truths, outright lies, and deceptions to manipulate and alter our thinking process. In the 1950's, various types of media used subliminal messages in an attempt to modify our thought processes. They were successful then and they were very successful this time using a different approach. Evidence has been presented which suggests pollsters contributed to this “Hosing of America” through poll manipulation. However, their impact was relatively small compared to the distortions created by the media. The report questions the validity of overnight and the 4-5 day polls due to the very low response rates of 25% and 40-45% respectively. Many suggest Clinton is trying to prove former Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy correct when he predicted the destruction of the Democrat party: “Jimmy Carter sort of started the destruction and Clinton is just finishing up.” When asked to elaborate, McCarthy continued: "Roosevelt proved you could be President forever. Truman proved anyone could be President. Ike proved you didn’t need one. Kennedy and Johnson proved it’s better not to have one. Nixon killed the Presidency. Ford embalmed it. Jimmy Carter buried it. The Reagan years demonstrated life after death. And Clinton started over. I think he’s the first Governor of the United States.” . . . Clinton will now be remembered for his sexual escapades, his lies, his manipulation of the public, and as the first modern President to be impeached. Clinton will also be remembered as the President who removed the safety net from our less fortunate while leading the fight to protect wealthy investors with bailout after bailout; as the President who fought for an expansion of the NAFTA at the expense of our minorities and unions, and as the President who arrogantly advised Americans they didn’t have the mentality to invest their own retirement savings. History will not treat our other elected officials much better. The Republicans will be remembered as the leaderless party who did not exercise their constitutional authority to stop Clinton’s military incursions into sovereign countries; as the leaderless party who sat quietly by as Clinton deceived the country about the Mexican loan repayment; as the leaderless party who supported the IMF bailout; and as the leaderless party who partnered in the lies and deceptions surrounding an alleged budget surplus. And the Democratic Party? All of the above applies equally as well to the Democrats. In addition, the Locksteppers who paraded endlessly and shamelessly in front of cameras with lies and deceptions have cast a pall across the very integrity and heart of the Democratic Party. And John Q. Public? Well, contrary to the Locksteppers’ wishes, morality isn’t dead. John Q. has been very faithful to his spouse, thank you! And the younger generation? Well, the morals of the younger generation make those of the Locksteppers pale in comparison. According to American Demographics magazine (February 1999), 80.5% of the 18-24-year-olds gave a resounding "YES" to the question would they get married if they found the right person, while at the same time a dramatic drop in early sexual activity has been reported. And pity the poor Patricia Irelands of the world: The New Millennium Woman reports that 82% of 20-24-year-olds thought motherhood was the most important job in the world! So for the doomsayers who believe our society has reached new depths in immorality, guess again! As Mr. and Ms. John Q. Public become more aware of how they were deceived and manipulated, their anger will continue to mount. They are disgusted with both the media and the congressional circus surrounding Clinton’s impeachment. Contrary to the spin coming out of Washington, the public will not forget how they were deceived by the Locksteppers and the media. Many organizations are already studying the possibility of 12 month floating boycotts against selected companies advertising on ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN. From all indications, Americans are planning serious retribution for being manipulated! America is still the greatest country in the world and our diversity adds to that strength each and every day. Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and Independents alike continue to mold its greatness in spite of those intent on keeping us divided. We must be alert for those who find it profitable to keep us from developing synergies and focusing on remediating our governmental bodies. It will take more than liars, cheaters, deceivers, and thieves to take us down! End of section on “Hosing of America.” - ------- From: Jim Condit Jr. April 4, 2000 NA (Network America) e-wire More on Phony Polls: Larry Nichols Blows Whistle on NBC On to today’s e-wire Larry Nichols -- vocal critic of the Bill Clinton -- relayed to this writer a first hand story about Tim Russert, NBC, and polls during the Clinton impeachment proceedings. Through a fortuitous mix up, both Larry Nichols and I were scheduled for the same day on the Ernie Sanders show, which airs in Cleveland, Ohio. Rather than reschedule either of us, Ernie Sanders put us both on the air. After the show and off the air, Mr. Nichols kindly gave me his home phone number, and I called him that night to discuss computerized votefraud and related issues. Mr. Nichols told me that during the Clinton impeachment hearings he was in fairly regular touch with Tim Russert, the host of NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday morning interview show. In fact, Russert would sometimes call Nichols at home. During the impeachment process, Tim Russert told Nichols that NBC’s internal tracking polls showed that 80% of the people wanted Clinton removed from office. A few weeks later Nichols was watching Meet the Press when Russert threw up the figures we all heard and saw incessantly: that 70% of the people wanted Clinton to stay in office The next time Nichols was called by Russert, he asked him about the discrepancy, and what follows is a paraphrase of what Larry Nichols told me about that conversation: Nichols: “You lying son of a gun, you told me that your tracking polls showed 80% of the people wanted Clinton out of office – then you tell the public that 70% of the people want him to stay. Russert: Well, those tracking polls are for our internal use only, we can’t release those to for public consumption. The polls we released were the ones we paid for outside pollsters to do. Those are the ones we release. (End of paraphrase of the Nichols-Russert conversation as related by Larry Nichols.) How were the tracking polls done? How were the polls NBC released done? What questions were asked? Who was called? How many polls were taken before they released the one that conveyed the information the Big TV networks wanted the public to hear? Or, did NBC and the others just lie, using the polls they aid for as a cover for the phony story they released? No one in the public arena knows, and no one (except us and a few others) seems to care. Yet candidates, leaders, public office holders, and factions from all across the political spectrum seemingly accept these Big TV network polls as if they are being brought down and delivered by an angel from heaven. And now we’re going to let these info-devils at the Big TV Networks tell us which candidates can be in the Presidential Debates – based on their mysterious polls??? Are we living in an insane asylum, or what? Nichols’ story fits with other information on the subject. MIT professor Naom Chomsky said on C-Span a few years ago that there were two sets of polls: one to tell the Ruling Elite behind the Big TV networks what the people really think so they can figure out how to maneuver and manipulate public opinion in the direction they want it to go; and a second set of warped polls that are released to the public for the very purpose of deceiving the people on what the public as a body is really thinking. Our March 27, 2000 e-wire deals with a lengthy report on the manipulation of polls by Jack Koenig and his organization. Soon we will carry another article supporting the information relayed to us by Larry Nichols. In that article, among other things, we will introduce the readers to the book, “Super Pollsters: How They Measure and Manipulate Public Opinion” by David Moore, who himself has been in the polling industry for over two decades. The information above goes to further indicate that America is being driven by three “black boxes” into which we cannot look: Big TV public opinion polls, Voter News Service Exit Polls, and computerized vote counts. Jim Condit Jr., Director Citizens for a Fair Vote Count To Subscribe: networkamerica-subscribe@topica.com To Unsubscribe: networkamerica-unsubscribe@topica.com Our website: www.networkamerica.org Our Address: PO Box 11339, Cincinnati, Ohio 45211 - ------- end --------- From: info@brandenburghistorica.com Date sent: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:07:41 -0400 Organization: Brandenburg Historica To: linda@buchanan.org Subject: Re: POLL FRAUD Linda, Here is another excellent article about the fraudulent polls which are used to sway public opinion: Sincerely, Diane Schreiber - ------- JOHN FUND'S POLITICAL DIARY Wall Street Journal Thursday, October 26, 2000 12:01 a.m. EDT Gallup's Credibility Gap What's with those wild swings in the polls? "The Gallup Poll just has no credibility with me anymore," the network producer sighs. "Even if the survey methods are valid, how can you tell viewers that a swing of 15 points in four days is realistic?" They might be even more skeptical of Gallup's tracking poll if they knew that the swings are due in large part to the company's nightly sample having large fluctuations in how many Democrats vs. Republicans are interviewed. One three- night sample, on Oct. 4, had 37% Democrats and 30% Republicans. Perhaps not surprisingly, Al Gore had an 11-point lead. Three nights later, on Oct. 7, a completely new sample consisted of 39% Republicans and only 31% Democrats. Lo and behold, George W. Bush suddenly had an eight-point lead. Typical exit polls of actual voters, taken as they leave the polls, show the parties evenly matched or with just a point or two advantage for Democrats. Gallup and CNN, a major sponsor of its poll, insist they have a plausible explanation for this. Gallup told the Washington Post that in 1996 fully 25% of the people they contacted changed their party identification at least twice. That seems highly implausible, and James Campbell, a polling expert at the State University of New York at Buffalo, says it's "crazy" and misleading to base nightly poll results on a hypothetical electorate that switches party identification so readily. Gallup has certainly been a roller coaster this year, while other tracking polls have been remarkably placid. But because of Gallup's reputation, and because its tracking poll is sponsored by CNN and USA Today, the company's stomach-churning numbers get a lot of attention and overshadow the four other tracking polls. Consider what an average consumer of news saw in Gallup's numbers just the past few days. On Saturday, using the previous three nights of tracking polls and averaging them, George W. Bush leapt to an 11 point lead with Gallup's likely- voter pool. Even though Mr. Bush had fought Mr. Gore to a draw in the third debate after winning the second, few observers thought that lead realistic. Even CNN commentators, whose network was one of the survey's sponsors, ridiculed it. On Sunday the Bush lead dropped to nine points. The next day it was suddenly down to two. Then on Tuesday, Mr. Gore jumped to a one-point lead. Political tremors were felt in network newsrooms. But yesterday the needles were going haywire in the other direction. Mr. Bush was back to a five- point lead. To Frank Newport, Gallup's president, this is all as it should be. He wrote us recently that there was more volatility in the tracking polls his organization conducted in 1996, but no one complained much then. Well, perhaps that's because most people viewed the 1996 outcome as a foregone conclusion, while few observers are so sure of this year's result. Mr. Newport says that "volatility in the horse race is natural and expected, particularly in and around high-profile campaign events." Sure, but the four other nightly tracking polls-- Reuters/Zogby, Washington Post/ABC, Battleground and Rasmussen Research--don't show anything like Gallup's volatility. Other polls don't tend to follow Gallup's variations in the percentage of Republicans, Democrats and independents in its likely-voter pool. Gallup told the Washington Post's Richard Morin that short-term feelings about the campaign can dramatically change the composition of that pool, as some voters become bored and others become excited. Mr. Morin, who is also the Post's polling director says that by tracking short-term bursts in voter enthusiasm, Gallup may be "unfairly excluding some from the likely voter pool while it forces others in." It seems likely that the Gallup pendulum swings are in part the consequence of tracking polls that sample only 400 voters a night and then pare that number down to 240 or so likely voters when results are published. Not weighting a sample properly for party identification doesn't seem to make sense. Pushing undecided voters too hard can make people give unconsidered answers. And Gallup seems strangely convinced that its voter samples can have big mood swings from one night to the next. Finally, there's the problem that, as we're always told, the chances of getting a truly odd sample are at least 5% on any given night. That means in 60 days of nightly tracking, Gallup can expect a rogue voter pool about three nights. That could skew any three-day average of nightly tracking polls significantly. Having said all this, Gallup does have a good record in its large- sample surveys. In 1996, the company's final poll forecast an 11-point Clinton win. The president wound up winning by eight points, just within the margin of error. Yet Gallup's methodology seems less reliable when applied to earlier tracking polls with smaller samples. But voters can't be expected to make sense of polls that bounce around with swings of 15 points in four nights. If you like to be kept on the edge of your seat in this election, watching the Gallup poll may be just your ticket. As for me, I'm paying more attention to the other tracking polls, which leave me with fewer butterflies in my stomach. http://opinionjournal.com/ - ------- end ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:45:00 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] Cheney to Pander to WV Steelworkers Dear Brigade, "Helping to tip West Virginia politics on its head, a steel workers union has endorsed Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, citing the tough trade stance by the conservative candidate and commentator.... Mark Glyptis, president of the Independent Steelworkers Union, said union officials and members will listen to Cheney's message. That's more than they'll do for Vice President Gore, who the union says is tied to the Clinton administration's failure to stem underpriced steel imports..." FTC-Linda - ---------- The Associated Press State & Local Wire October 27, 2000 GOP steps up battle for W.Va. with 2nd Cheney visit By STEPHEN SINGER CHARLESTON, W.Va. : Republicans are stepping up their drive to win traditionally Democratic West Virginia with a second visit by vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney set for Friday. The campaign stop at Weirton Steel Corp. coincides with Democrat Al Gore's first stop in the state at a Charleston rally scheduled for Friday. In a close race between Gore and Republican George W. Bush - - nationally and in West Virginia - the state's five electoral votes have taken on increased importance. Cheney, Defense Secretary for President George Bush, visited Clarksburg Oct. 19 and the presidential candidate has campaigned twice in the state. A Republican win in West Virginia - the first since 1984 and the first ever that would not contribute to a Republican president's re-election landslide - would not be the only political oddity in the Mountain State. Helping to tip West Virginia politics on its head, a steel workers union has endorsed Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, citing the tough trade stance by the conservative candidate and commentator. Mark Glyptis, president of the Independent Steelworkers Union, said union officials and members will listen to Cheney's message. That's more than they'll do for Vice President Gore, who the union says is tied to the Clinton administration's failure to stem underpriced steel imports. "The Clinton administration and Al Gore have not done a whole lot to help the steel industry," Glyptis said. "It will be interesting to hear what Mr. Cheney has to say." "We believed that Pat Buchanan is the only major candidate who has put the worker first. That's why he got our endorsement," Glyptis said. Clinton and Gore visited Weirton in 1992 and promised to strictly enforce U.S. trade laws, Glyptis said. "I will not under any circumstances support any candidate who looks our residents in the eye and lies to us," he said. "That's what wrong with some of the other unions." The Independent Steelworkers Union is not affiliated with the West Virginia AFL-CIO, which has endorsed Gore. Kenneth Perdue, secretary-treasurer of the state labor federation, said organized labor has criticized the Clinton administration's trade record, particularly the president's drive in 1993 for congressional approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico. "But there are more issues in this campaign than those issues," Perdue said. "There are too many other important issues," he said, citing legislation to add prescription drug coverage to Medicare, raising the minimum wage and opposition to Republican-backed efforts to change federal overtime laws. Cheney, who also is scheduled to campaign at La Plume, Pa., following his visit to the Northern Panhandle, sought permission to campaign in the steel mill. Company policy bars candidates from politicking in the plant, prompting officials to offer Cheney a company-owned parking lot. Federal law prohibits publicly held companies from endorsing candidates. "However, we're always interested in hearing what candidates say about the import crisis," said Weirton Steel Corp. spokesman Gregg Warren. Imports that eased in 1998 picked up again last year and in 2000, he said. "It's getting worse," Warren said. The steelmaker reported a third-quarter loss of $26.2 million for the three months that ended Sept. 30. - -------- end ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 11:32:39 -0400 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] Sobran: Electoral Mischief Date sent: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:42:25 -0700 From:Tony Blizzard Subject: Sobran column, Electoral Mischief, 10/26/00] Electoral Mischief October 26, 2000 by Joe Sobran [Breaker quote: To cast a vote is to waste a vote.] The NEW YORK TIMES is in an editorial lather about what it calls Ralph Nader's "electoral mischief" -- that is, the chance that Nader's third-party campaign will rob Al Gore of enough votes to make George W. Bush president. The scolding editorial also charges Nader with "willful prankishness" and "ego run amok." It explains: "The country deserves a clear up-or-down vote between Mr. Bush and Mr. Gore." Deserves? Many of us think the country deserves better choices than these scions of the two- party duopoly -- the dull son of a former president and the insufferable son of a former senator. Would the TIMES have been equally upset if Pat Buchanan were taking as many votes from Bush as Nader is taking from Gore? It probably would have gloated that Bush had failed to appease the "extremists" in his party. But it doesn't want to talk that way about the left wing of the Democratic Party, whose views it shares. Liberals are always lamenting our low voter turnout, which may be even lower than usual this year. Do they ever stop to think that the two- party system may be responsible? Voter turnout is higher in Europe, where smaller parties thrive. There you may actually be able to vote for somebody you agree with, not just the lesser evil; and your party may have some impact. But in this country, voting is a futile gesture. One economist has calculated that you are more likely to die on your way to the voting booth than to change the outcome with your vote! Then too, even if your side wins and enacts a law you passionately favor, the courts may decide it's unconstitutional -- as the U.S. Supreme Court struck down popular term-limits legislation. If the courts can reverse the results of an election, what's the use of voting? The system is rigged by the two major parties, with the tacit approval and assistance of the major media. Smaller parties face prohibitively high legal hurdles, they are excluded from televised debates, and they get very little news coverage even if they manage to get on the ballot. Big corporations can get Janet Reno on their backs for doing a lot less to their smaller competitors than the major parties do to minor parties. This is one case where the government really does help the rich get richer. This year there are three excellent candidates for president. All of them have interesting political philosophies that defy the two-party consensus. Any of them would have leveled Bush and Gore in a debate. But none of them has a prayer. Pat Buchanan of the Reform Party needs no introduction; he is a genuine, as opposed to a "compassionate," conservative. He is stressing a foreign policy that puts American interests ahead of corporate interests or "globalization." More important, though, are his abiding positions in favor of limited government. Harry Browne of the Libertarian Party favors a drastic reduction of government at every level, including the armed forces, which far exceed any defensive needs. He is a sincere, well-spoken, reasonable man whose powers of persuasion can bring a roomful of people to its feet. If only he could be exposed to more than a roomful of people. There's no justice. Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party has a truly radical agenda: he wants the United States to be governed according to the U.S. Constitution. That means abolishing nearly every existing federal agency and program, for openers. He would also abolish the personal income tax (as Browne would). Given a chance, he makes his case forcefully. But he too gets almost zero media coverage. Three fine candidates, occupying overlapping positions that many or most Americans would agree with -- yet they may get a combined total of less than 4 per cent of the popular vote. Whoever designed the present system really knew what they were doing. Not only do the media reinforce it; most people accept the duopoly so thoroughly by now that voting for a candidate you really esteem is known as "wasting" your vote. And running on a minor party's ticket is "electoral mischief." How cynical we've become. The real "electoral mischief" is staging elections that give unfair advantages to those who are already powerful -- elections in which every vote is wasted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joe Sobran is the author of HUSTLER: THE CLINTON LEGACY. Sobran columns are archived at www.sobran.com/columns. Copyright (c) 2000 by Griffin Internet Syndicate (see www.griffnews.com). All rights reserved. - -------- end ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 10:17:19 -0500 From: "Linda Muller" Subject: [BRIGADE] Trail Update Dear Brigade, See 3 items below: * I have the "Why We Love PJB" section up on our Trail site. Check it out and add your own comments at: http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp Also, send in any cool graphics, bumperstickers, and photos you might have -- I'm posting these on the page as well! * See all of our TV and radio ads! They are on the left column of homepage at:http://www.buchananreform.com * I'm hoping to get more pages on our Trail section up asap. I have not received any photos since PJB was in Alaska -- soon as I do I'll post them. In the meantime, if you went to any of Pat's events send me a Brigade Report and photos if you have them! FTC-Linda - ------ end ---------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the Trail.... with Pat Buchanan and Ezola Foster http://www.buchananreform.com/trail/trailmain.asp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Brigade Headquarters http://www.buchanan.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BUCHANAN-FOSTER 2000 HQ 1-800-GO-PAT-GO http://www.buchananreform.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ End of brigade-l V1 #116 ************************